Mike Tyson is TBE

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I changed my mind about Mike Tyson as a fighter and boxer many times, but now I am telling ya: he is TBE.

Just rewatched recently Donaire-Rigo. Rigo rarely attacked going forward. When it was the case, he almost never attacked at the head with the straight left hand. Why? Afraid of counter left hook. What he did was feint, drop knees and punch to the body. In other word, he subconciously feinted the head position to quickly move it out of the way and then safely attack.

Now go back to Mike. Mike did it all the time. His whole offense was based on feinting head movements. You sell the opponent the expected head position, then quickly move it to a new position, then safely attack, then head movements to go back to safety. Many advaced fighters use this principle, but they might have 1 or 2 tricks like this , sometimes doing it spontaneously like an instinct.

Tyson style was based on this almost 100%. He had 10-12 tricks at least in his arsenal. More importantly , he used it consistently and deliberately.

Tyson is above all runner-bicyclists-in-and-out-fighters (SRR, SRL, Ali), counter-punchers (Floyd, Toney, etc), sluggers (Marciano, ), big tall motherfuckers (Foreman, Luis, Lewis) , etc
The only guy close to Mike was Pernell Whitaker, but he lacked in power departement.

My opinion is final, it should be taken as THE ULTIMATE UNDISPUTED TRUTH.